NURS-6501N-58,Advanced Pathophysiology.QUESTION AND ANSWERS 64%.

Submitted Answers What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion? Selected Answer: Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger depression. A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia? Selected Answer: Erythropoietin What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children? Selected Answer: Periorbital edema A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare provider associate with this condition? Selected Answer: Absence of sweating despite a high core temperature Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the passage of large clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis? Selected Answer: Polycystic ovary syndrome The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The patient asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional is best? Selected Answer: A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already in that bone. A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient for? Selected Answer: Reduction and immobilization Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom? Selected Answer: Excessive mucus production An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the baby has which deficit? Selected Answer: Vitamin K deficiency from fat malabsorption A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to her diet to prevent birth defects? Selected Answer: Folat e A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty? Selected Answer: Lepti n Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants? Selected Answer: Infants are obligatory nose breathers. A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What response by the professor is best? Selected Answer: An area of devascularized and devitalized bone Which statement by the healthcare professional accurately describes childhood asthma? Selected Answer: An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperreactivity, and inflammation A patient has a spinal cord injury at C4. What should the healthcare professional assess as the priority in this patient? Selected Answer: Respirations Which cells function to maintain bone matrix? Selected Answer: Osteocytes To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should the healthcare professional perform as the priority? Selected Answer: Level of consciousness What is the effect of low plasma albumin? Selected Answer: Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from the capillaries to the interstitium.